Wallins and Black Mountain rolled into the semifinals with first-round victories Saturday in the seventh- and eighth-grade county tournament at James A. Cawood Elementary School. The host Trojanettes claimed the other spot with a hard-fought win over Cawood in the opening game of the afternoon.
Cawood rallied from six down in the final two minutes to tie James A. Cawood in regulation on a basket by Addy Cochran with 1:05. Natalie Moore scored with three seconds left to give the Trojanettes a 24-22 win.
Wallins broke open a close game with a 13-0 run in the second quarter on the way to a 37-15 win over Cumberland.
Raegan Landa scored 16 points and Brooke Haywood added 15 for the Lady Devils.
Julionna Johnson paced Cumberland with six points.
Kelsie Middleton scored 16 and Vanessa Griffith added 14 as Black Mountain coasted past Evarts 39-10 in a Clover Fork battle to close the day.
Rosspoint will play James A. Cawood on Tuesday at 5:30 in the semifinals at JACES. Wallins will play Black Mountain at 6:30.
The championship game is set for Thursday at Harlan County High School.
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James A. Cawood (24) — Natalie Moore 12, Maddie Woods 7, Addy Creech 1, Haley Collins 4.
Cawood (22) — Emily Moore 4, Daisy Brewer 2, Campbell Thompson 7, Addy Cochran 10.
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Wallins (37) — Raegan Landa 16, Brooke Haywood 15, Mahalah Hall 6.
Cumberland (15) — Julionna Johnson 6, Addie Surber 2, Lilly Scott 4, Katie Smith 1, Brianna Barrett 2.
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Black Mountain (39) — Kelsie Middleton 16, Vanessa Griffith 14, Dani Bennett 4, Gracie Youngs 3, Bailey Burkhart 2,
Evarts (10) — Khloe Carr 2, Carly Smith 2, Josie Thomas 2, Anna Kayte Clark 2, Sadie Clark 2.
